gray birch
a small, bushy birch, Betula populifolia, of stony or sandy areas of the eastern U.S., having grayish-white bark and triangular leaves.
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The black or sweet birch (Betula lenta) has a bark similar to the gray birch, except that its color is dark gray.
Studies of Trees | Jacob Joshua LevisonComparisons: The paper birch (Betula papyrifera) is apt to be confused with the gray birch, because both have a white bark.
Studies of Trees | Jacob Joshua LevisonSoil and location: The gray birch does best in a deep, rich soil, but will also grow in poor soils.
Studies of Trees | Jacob Joshua LevisonHere about Mullein Hill, this is sure to be a gray-birch home.
Winter | Dallas Lore SharpBesides the box elder and crab-apple seeds, the birds have eaten wild-cherry pits, poison-ivy berries, and gray-birch seeds.
Bird-Lore March-April 1916 | Various
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